Richard Lane (writer)
Richard Lane ( born January 18, 1918 in Coogee, Sydney, Australia, † February 20, 2008 in Sydney, Australia) was an Australian novelist and screenwriter. He became famous for his conversions of films and stage plays in radio plays. He is often referred to as the father of Australian radio play and was more than 60 years in his profession. With his commitment but he also has various objectives of the Australian Writers' Guild, an association of Australian Writers, promoted. Lane also wrote for television and was after his death as a luminary of the Australian radio and television industries. ( German: Lighthouse of Australian radio and television industry ) refers.
Life
Richard Lane was born in the seaside suburb of Coogee in Sydney. He visited in the north suburb of Wahroonga the Knox Grammar School, where he excelled in sports and as editor of the school newspaper ( "Hey Excelled as an athlete and edited the school magazine ").
Lane was married several times, most recently with the Australian actress Lynne Murphy.
Work
Already as a student Lane published his first short story, in the aftermath of his stories were published in various journals. However, his appointment, he was still in the new radio play, his first play was No Escape.
Even with 21 years, some of his plays were produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), he was considered a promising talent.
For the radio station 2GB in Sydney, which produces the most radio plays in Australia, he was one of the main authors. He sat stage plays in one-hour radio programs and short stories into radio series. The series Dr Paul, who was long in the program, came from his pen.
In his early radio plays as actor Peter Finch stood at the microphone.
In 1949 he was recognized as one of the most important Australian writers. He decided from that time to go freelance and the radio plays not only to write but also to direct. With the advent of television in Australia in 1956 he began to work for this new medium. The first series produced in Australia Autumn Affair was written by him. Even the classic materials such as Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, he converted for television, from Jon Cleary 's You can not see ' round corners created a series.
Lane moved to Melbourne and continued his work for the TV on, he wrote the television series Bellbird, Homicide, The Sullivans and Carson 's Law. In addition, he continued working for the radio. For his work he was four times winner of the Australian Writers Guild ( AWGIE ) Award.
Later he also wrote under the title The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama two books on the history of the radio play in Australia. These two volumes provide a summary overview of the participating radio speaker, writers, producers and directors who at the time when Australia produced worldwide, most radio plays, were involved in their formation,
In addition to his work as an author to Lane has also been used for the Australian Writers Guild, he was one of the founding members in 1962. He was Vice President from 1962 to 1964 and from 1964 to 1968, the third president of that institution. He was one of the co-initiators for the establishment of regional associations and campaigned for a quota of Australian productions at the transmitters. The AWGIE Awards for the writers and the establishment of the Australian Film and Television School go back to him. In addition, he tried following the example of British contracts to purchase one for the orders between all authors and production companies that nation-wide and uniform contracts. Most companies could quickly about unity can be achieved, different views existed first with the ABC, but ultimately yet accepted this standard contract at the beginning of the 1970s.
1988 gave the AWG him an honorary award for his services to the Association. This prize, which is now called the Richard Lane Award is now given annually to a member of the Union for " proven contribution to the AWG ".